Electric ignition device.



T. HUBIzRT. ELECTRIC IGNITIQN DEVICE. APPLIOATIOl FILED APB..4, 1908.

926,330e Patented June 29, 1909.Y

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

T. HUBERTx ELECTRIC IGNITION DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR,4.1900.

Patented June 29, 1;@09.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

sulation 16a likewise insulates the adjacent parts of the 'armature from such current.

)Vith the arrangements above described and the primary and secondary magneto circuits closed, current will be generated during the ignition or the sparking in internal com- 4- bastion engines in accordance with the work required, l provide means for advancing and retarding the armature 3 with respect to the armature driver or pistons of the engine so that the discharges in the secondary magneto lcircuit will be tinied according to the requirements, and to this end l provide the following arrangement :-Upon the magneto shaft el is'loosely mounted a sleeve 2G that is provided with one or moi'e projections or pins 2Ga thatenter spiral grooves et" in shaft il, said projections being shown extending from the bifurcated parts 26? of sleeve 2G, and upon sleeve 26 is mounted an arm 27 Whose hub portion 2T* is so connected with sleeve 26 as to rotate with respect thereto and yet not have lateral motion independent of said sleeve. l. have shown ball bearings interposed between hub 27a and sleeve 26, the sleeve 2li being shown provided with a ball-race 26C receiving balls 28 within a cone er the like 29 cariied by hub 2T and shown held in place by a retainer 3() (see Figs. l and 3). Hub 27.2L is shown provided with pins 3l that extend into slots 32 in blocks 33 secured on the magneto frame (see Figs. 2 and 3) which slots are disposed at an angle to the plane of arm 27, said slots extending in opposite directions as indicated in Fig. 2, whereby as arm 27 is rocked in either direction around shaft 4 said arin and thereby sleeve 26 will be caused to move to .the right or left the desired distance along shaft l by reason of the ball bearings interposed between said sleeve and liub27a. This sliding inotion of sleeve 2() on shaft l will, by reason of the projections 26 of sleeve 26 entering grooves e in shaft ll, cause said shaft to be rotated more or less and thus will adjust the armature correspondingly with respect to its fields and thereby with respect to the point of connection between shaft l and its driving part, such as an engine shaft, cani ll being similarly adjusted with respect to contact 10. rlhe blocks 33 are shown provided with interior concave faces 53 (Fig. 3) ,providing a bearing for hub 2Ta which may rock therein, whereby said arin is held lirmly and supported in addition t'o its support bythe ball-bearings and thereby the arm 27 is kept from twisting, and side :rtl-ain onthe ball-bearings is reduced, thereby also lcsscning friction in the bearings and serving to take the thrust when arm 2l is rocked. Connection is to be made between the driving part or an engine shaft and sleeve` 26 so that shaft 4 of the armature will be free for adjustment with respect to the lengine shaft and yet be rotated thereby, and lo this en d I have shown a sleeve or driving part 35 mounted freely upon shaft 4 and provided with internal grooves 35u that receive the arms or projecting portions 2G of sleeve 2C, in the nature of a longue and groove connection, whereby sleeve 2G may slide along shaft 4 freely with respect to sleeve 35 and maintain rotary connection therewith. A convenient means for providing the groves 35 iii sleeve 35 is to insert within sleevev a sleeve 3G (sce Figs. l and ll) that is provided with slots 35, and to secure said sleeves together by pins 3T. The sleeve is to be rigidly connected with a driver, as with a shaft of a gas engine, whereby the rotation of said shaft will be communicated to the armature It will be understood that a single groove Ll, projeclion 26, arm 2Gb, groove 35, pin 3l and slot inay be used if preferred, or that other suitable means for a sliding and rotative connection between sleeves 26 and 35 may be provided, and also that other means may be provided. than the ball-bearings above described between sleeve 20 and hub 27 for providing rotative yet positive connection.therebctween for causing the rotary and lateral inolion of hub 2T to relatively adjust shafts and'arlnaturc El.

From the foregoing it will be understood that with an engine shaft connected with sleeve 35, to thereby have rotary connection with shaft 4, and with arin 2T in position lo canse retarded breaks in the secondary cil'- cuit of the magneto, that the explosions in the engine cylinders, whose ignitcrs are lo be connected with the distributor contacts 22, 22", 22", 22d in well known manner, will be late owing to lho lact that with respect-to the position of the corresponding piston the break in lhc primary inagncto circuit will be retarded. 'lo advance the spark in the engine cylinder the arni 27 will be rotated 'a suitable distance, ,to cause its pins 3l to travel through slots 32, (in thc position represented in Fig, 3), whereby sleeve 26 will be moved to the right (in Fig. l) and its projections 26, acting willi grooves 4" of shaft 4l, will rotate said shaft iorwardly independently of sleeve 35, and thus iudcpendcntly with respect to the driving shaft, thereby also advancing carin Il with respect to contact lO, whereby the break in the primary magneto circuit will be caused to occur earlier than before, and so on, according to the l i1nit of rotation of arln 27, thc armature and cani being thereby correspondingly adifancedwith respect to the enmove in the direction of said axis, a sliding part connected with said arm, and means to convert the sliding movement of said part into rotary adjustment of the magneto armature.

rEhe combination of a magneto, with an arm mounted coraentrically with respect to the axis of a magneto armature, a stationary part, means connecting the latter with said arm for causing the arm to move laterally when rocked on its axis, a sliding part connected with said arm, and means for converting the sliding movement of said part into rotary adjustment of the armature with respect to its driving part. i

el. The combination of a magneto, with a driving part to rotate the armature shaft, an arm, a stationary part, means connecting the latter with said arm for causing the arm to move laterally when rocked on its axis, a sleeve to slidably connect said arm with said driving part, and means to rotatively connect said sleeve with the armature shaft to cause rotary adjust-ment of said shaft with respect to said driving part by the sliding movement of said sleeve.

5. The combination of a magneto, with a rock arm, mounted conccntrically of the aXis of said armature, means to shift said arm bodily .laterally as it rocks, a sleeve connected with said arm, and means connecting said sleeve with 'the armature shaft to cause rotary adjustment of the armature during the rotary adjustment of said arm.

(3. rThe combination of a magneto, with a rock arm, mounted concentrically of the axis of said armature, means to cause said arm to move bodily laterally during its rocking movements, a sleeve rotatively connected with said arm to be moved parallel with the armature shaft by said arm, a driving part having sliding connection with said sleeve,

and means interposed between the sleeve and the armature shaft for causing rotary adjustment Aof the latter with respect to the driving part.

7. The combination of a magnetohaving a shaft to operate its armature, with a sleeve mounted upon said shaft, an arm rotatively mounted upon the sleeve and having connection therewith to slide the sleeve along the sliaft, m 1ans to move said arm laterally during its rotary movements, a tongue and groove connor-.tion between the sleeve and y shaft for adjustingv the latter rotatively by the sliding movement of the sleeve, and a driving part having sliding connection with said sleeve.

8. The combination of a magneto having a shaft. for operating its arnuiture, with a sleeve mounted upon said shaft, an arm rotatively mounted upon said sleeve and having connection therewith to m )ve the sleeve along` thc shaft, said sleeve having a projection and said shaft having a spiral groove receiving vSaid projection, a driving part, and a sliding connection between said sleeve and driving part.

9. The combination of a magneto provided with a shaft for operating its armature, with a sleeve upon the shaft, an arm rotatively mounted upon the sleeve and connected therewith to move the sleeve along the shaft, a stationary slotted part, a proj ection from said arm entering said slot, a spiral grooveY and tongue connection between the sleeve and shaft, a driving part, and means for slidably connecting said sleeve and driving part. v

,10. The combination of a magneto provided with a shaft for rotating its armature, with a sleeve mounted upon the shaft, an arm rotatively mounted upon the sleeve, antifriction bearings between the sleeve and the arm, means to adjust the arm laterally during its rotation to slide the sleeve along the shaft, a spiral groove and tongue connection vbetween the sleeve and shaft, and means for rotating said sleeve.

1'1. The combination of a magneto having a shaft to opera-te its armature, with a sleeve mounted upon said shaft, an arm rotativ'ely mounted upon the sleeve, means to cause the, arm to have` lateral movement to slide the sleeve along the shaft, a tongue and spiral groove connection between the shaft and sleeve, and a driving part freely mounted upon the shaft and slidably connected with said sleeve.

12. The combination of a. magneto having a shaft to operate its armature, with a sleeve mounted upon said shaft and rotatively and vslid-ably connected with said shaft to adjust the same within the sleeve, an arm rotatively mounted upon said sleeve to move the latter,

i said arm having a hub provided with a projection, a stationary block having a slot receiving said projection, and a driving part freely mounted upon said shaft and having sliding connection with said sleeve.

13. The combination of a magneto provided with ashaft for its armature, with a sleeve upon the shaft, an arm upon. the sleeve, ball-bearings interposed between said arm and sleeve arranged to move the latter along the 'shaft by the lateral movement of said arm, means to cause said sleeve to adjust the armature with respect to a driver, and means to cause said arm to move laterally when rocked.

14. The combination of a magneto provided with a shaft for its armature, with a sleeve upon the shaft, an arm upon the sleeve, ball-bearings interposed between said arm and sleeve arranged to move the latter along.

the shaft by the lateral movement. of said arm, means to cause said sleeve to adjust the armature with respect to a driver, a' stationvided with a shaft for its armature, with a sleeve upon the shaft, an arm upon the sleeve, ball-bearings interposed between said arin and sleeve arranged to move the latter aleng the shaft by the lateral movement oro said arm, means to cause said sleeve to adjust the armature with respect to a driver,

a stationary part, and a pin and slot connection between said part and saidl arm for causing the latter to` move laterally when rocked.

16. The combination of a magneto provided with a shaft for its armature, wit-h a sleeve uponithe shaft, anarni upon the sleeve, ball-bearings interposed between said arm and sleeve arranged to move the latter along the shaft by the lateral movement oi said arm, means to cause said sleeve to ad just the armature with respect to a-pdriver,v a stationary part provided with a slot eX- tending at an angle to the plane of said arm, and a projection't'rom said arm entering said slot to cause the arm to move laterally when rocked.

1,7. The combination of a magneto provided with a shaftfor its armature, with a. sleeve uponthe shaft, an arin upon the sleeve, means rotatively Connecting said sleeve and arm to move one yby the other, said arm having ahub, a bearing receiving said hub, and means for causing said arm to move laterally when rocked. a

18. 'I he combination of a magneto provided with a shaft for its armature, with a sleeve upon said shaft, an arm upon the sleeve, ball-bearings interposed between said arm and sleeve arranged to-move the latter alongtlie shaft by the laterallinovement of said. arm, means to cause said sleeve to adjust the armature with respect to a driver,.said arm having a hub, a bearing receiving said hub, and a'pin and slot connection between said hub and bearing for causing said arm to move laterally when rocke l 19. The combinationl of a magneto having an armature provided with a shaft havin a bore, insulation withinsaid bore provide with a bore', a Contact carried by said insulation and connected with'the armature seconda winding', a contact Within the bore of sai'd insulation in circuit'with the first named contact, and insulating means supporting said second named contact.A

20. The combination of a magneto having bores 64b of said an armatureprovided with a shaft havin a bore, insulation within said bore provided with a bore, a Contact carried by said insula-v tion and connected witlithe armature secondary winding, a Contact within the bore of said insulation in circuit with the first named Contact, insulating ineans supporting said second named contact, a' distributer having a movable contact, and a conductor coniiect- 'ing said movable contact with said second named contact.

21. rEhe combination of a magneto having any armature provided with a shaft having a bore, insulation within said bore provided 'ai'y winding, a stationary contact within the bore of said insulation and out of engagement therewith, and an insulating support for said-contact provided with insulation 'around said stationary contact. and eX- tendiiig into the bore in the iirst named insulation.

Q3. In' a magneto, the combination of an armature having primary and secondary windings, a secondary shaft driven with said armature and carrying a contact, stationary contacts to be engaged thereby, an insulating block' vprovided with bores, metal plugs in said bores, wires connecting said plugs with said stationary contacts and attachedA to said plufrs Within the bores of said insulating bloc t, and conductors connected with said plugs within said bores.

24. ln a magneto, the combination otl an armature having primary and secondary windings, a secondary shaft driven with said armature and carrying a contact, stationary contacts, to be engaged thereby, .1i insulating block provided with bores, metal plugs in said bores, wires connecting said plugs with said stationary contacts and attachedto said plugs within the bores of said blocks, said plugs having bores 64') and con: ductors having bared ends secured in the lugs.

Tl lEODORE HUBERT.

W'itnesses T. F. Bomann, L.- SwiN'ioN.

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